FEC 484 was simply used for transportation purposes, FEC's shop forces spent a great deal of time working on this FL9 for RP Flynn/Ohio Railway Supply under the proviso FEC could use it for a time on their business trains and by the time they were done, FEC's mgmt had changed with RailAmerica and held the locomotive, ignoring the previous arrangement. It stayed on FEC property for almost two years before finally leaving and, other than moving back to Jacksonville, never turned a mainline wheel.